Wave transmission by overtopping

Title

Wave transmission by overtopping

 Author

Cross, R.H.
Sollitt, C.

Corporate name

TU Delft

 Date

1970-12-01

 Abstract

This report presents a theory for ocean wave transmission past breakwaters by overtopping, based on an evaluation of the energy content of the overtopping water. While several coefficients are subject to further investigation, the data shows that the general form of the equations developed is correct. Comparison with large-scale model tests reinforces this belief, and comparison of an intermediate theoretical result predicting the volume of overtopping water with published data again shows reasonable agreement. An envelope curve for the transmission coefficient, based on all available data, gives a simple tool for preliminary design estimates of the transmission coefficient.

 Subject

waves
overtopping

 Classification

TLJ700600

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 Publisher

MIT

 Source

Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory - For Water Resources and Hydrodynamics Department of Civil Engineering - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technical Note 15

 Part of collection

Hydraulic Engineering Reports

 Document type

report

 Rights

(c) Cross and Sollitt
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